Hi,

today, I [finally] decided to buy myself a bluetooth headset. I had some rigorous requirements:
- wind & noise cancellation
- min of 8h battery life
- support of music streaming
- support of connectivity to two [or more] devices simultaneously.

The idea for the two last requirements was easy: I would be able to listen to music from my n800, and if someone called me, I would hear the ring, and switch to my cell phone to answer.

I was able to find such a device for 79,99 CDN, what seemed as quite a reasonable price. I was able to connect it to both my n800 and my cell (Sony Ericsson Z710i), and I tried to have a conversation or listen to music. It all worked perfectly.

Yet I had a problem for multitasking. In the instruction manual, it is written that to retrieve a call from the second phone while talking on the first, the procedure was simple:
1) hang up call
2) answer call - the headset switches automatically.

This is where the problem occurred: when I click the hang up button for the n800's music stream, the IT AUTOMATICALLY reconnects, thus I am unable to stop music playback to answer the phone.

The headset actually has two commands:
- hang up call
- transfer call to phone (disconnect bluetooth headset, but do not hang up).
My n800 reconnects within a second in both these cases.
Does anyone have any ideas how to terminate this connection from the headset?

Thank you

Ilia

At least one other member of the fora has posted in the past regarding similar problems. I don't recall if a solution was found, but you might try searching for the thread(s).

Which headset did you end up buying?

I ended up buying a platronics headset.

as for the playback problems, it's so-so: if I pause the play in canola, the system takes ~ 15 seconds to terminate the audio channel. Right now, I'm working on a script that would mute/unmute the system sound at the button press. almost done... just a bit more scripting...
the muting of the system sound cuts the audio channel right away, letting me answer my phone